July 2023
  • Congratulations to Arjun for receiving the William L. and Ruth D. Nutting Termite Research Grant from IUSSI! This will support his project on termite aging and reproduction.
June 2023
  • Congratulations to Paula for successfully defending her PhD dissertation! Excellent job, Dr. Castillo!
  • Congratulations to Arjun for passing the general exam and becoming a PhD candidate!
  • Alexis is joining our lab this summer through the ASPIRE Internship Program. Welcome!
April 2023
  • McKendrian (Kenilworth Science and Technology Middle School) won the first place award at the Louisiana State Science & Engineering Fair for his project on termite behavior conducted in our lab and mentored by Joe. Congratulations McKendrian! And Great job, Joe! 
March 2023
  • ​Myriel and Payton both received the College of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Grants. Congratulations!
October 2022
  • Welcome to McKendrian Coleman from Kenilworth Science and Technology (KST) Middle School! McKendrian will be working with Joe McCarthy to study termite foraging behavior through the KST Student Research Mentorship Program.
  • Congratulations to the award winners at the 12th Annual Entomology Graduate Student Symposium - Joe, Hasim, Myriel, Brendon, and Arjun! Great job everyone!
  • Joe successfully passed his Master's thesis defense. Congratulations!
August 2022
  • Welcome to Haşim Hakanoğlu, a Ph.D. student, and Brendon Davis, an undergraduate student from Southern University, joining our lab!
July 2022
  • Welcome to Payton Floyed, an undergraduate student joining our lab!
June 2022
  • Welcome to Myriel Green, an undergraduate student joining the lab this summer through the ASPIRE Internship Program!
  • Congratulations to Steven on successfully passing his Master's thesis defense!
January 2022
  • Congratulations to Paula and Steven for receiving the Roussel Scholarship Award in the Department of Entomology!
October 2021
  • Congratulations to Paula, Joe, and Seiji for winning 1st place awards in their competition sections at the 11th Annual Entomology Graduate Student Symposium at LSU!
September 2021
  • Welcome to Seiji Yokota, a new Ph.D. student, and Justice Rougeau, a technician joining the lab!
April 2021
  • Congratulations to Paula for passing the general exam and becoming a PhD candidate!
  • Congratulations to ​Kieu for receiving the Undergraduate Student Research Grant from College of Agriculture!
February 2021
  • Welcome to Kieu Ngo, an undergraduate student from Biological Sciences joining the lab!
January 2021
  • Congratulations to Nathan for receiving LSU Discover Research Grant to study how olfaction influences termite foraging behavior!
August 2020
  • ​​Welcome to Steven Richardson, a new Master's student joining the lab on a Residential Life Assistantship, and Holly Boone, an undergraduate student joining us.
June 2020
  • ​​Welcome to Arjun Khadka, a new Ph.D. student joining the lab.
May 2020
As the Formosan subterranean termites enter swarming season in Louisiana, we provide information for the public to get prepared:
November 2019
  • Hongmei Li-Byarlay, Thomas O'Shea Wheller and myself organized a symposium at the annual meeting of ESA in St. Louis: "The Road to Sociality: Integrated Concepts of Social Behavior in Insects". We had great speakers who presented their fascinating studies on diverse topics using different approaches, and the symposium was well attended. We would like to thank all of the speakers and audience for making the symposium successful!
  • Congratulations to Paula Castillo for receiving MUVE student travel award and winning the 2nd place in poster competition at ESA! 
October 2019
  • Congratulations to ​Nathan Le and Ryan Nguyen for receiving Undergraduate Student Research Grants from College of Agriculture!
  • Congratulations to Paula Castillo and Joe McCarthy! They both won 1st place award in their competition section at the 10th Annual Entomology Graduate Student Symposium at LSU.
June 2019
  • Welcome to Robert Alleva, a high school student from Episcopal to work on the E-STAAR program with us.
May 2019
  • ​Welcome to Joseph McCarthy, a new Master's student joining the lab on a Residential Life Assistantship.
  • Congratulations to Paula Castillo for receiving a 4-year Economic Development Assistantship from LSU Graduate School to study termite chemosensation!
October 2018
  • ​​Congratulations to Paula Castillo for winning 1st place award in 3-min oral presentations at the 9th Annual Entomology Graduate Student Symposium at LSU!